Data Visualization

Barplots

Bar plots are a great way to quickly scan your data, it gives us a brief overview of what we’re dealing with. Below is an example of the number of orders by state for a large superstore.

Other Iterations of plots

You can slice and dice your data however you please. To make your job easier, use pivoted charts for a powerful, interactive analytics experience!

Note that the default pivoted chart below is a bar chart of the sum of sales ($) by state, feel free to play with it however you want!

• use the chart type selector on the top left to change the way you want to visualize your data
• use the aggregation function seelctor (how to group your data) to choose what metrics you’re interested in.
• use the selector below the aggregator (where it says “Sales”) to choose what do you want to aggregate
• use the blank space on top of the chart to add/remove groups of data (the default here is “State”, but you can drag it out and/or add another type of grouping)